Elements of Modern Storytelling–Characters

Over on Comet Tales, Stephanie Osborn has a bunch of writers talking about elements of modern storytelling. She wanted to know how we created characters. This was my take on it.

Writers think a lot about characters.

We think about them in the abstract, and we think about those individuals who rent an apartment in our subconscious and start rummaging around, looking for utility hookups and how to arrange forwarding on their mail. Sometimes they are just visiting for a few months or years.

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